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Wednesday, July 18, 2012

Leaving Estes Park

For those of you who follow us on FaceBook, you’ve already know the story. . .this is for the rest of you.

 

We have decided to leave our volunteer position in Estes Park.  Having never left a workamping job early. . .this makes us very, very sad. . .but we were promised 30 amp service for our RV. . .and only had 20 amp. . .

 

Now for those of you who RV that means something. . .for everyone else. . .imagine every time you turned on the microwave, you tripped the breaker for the entire house. . .that’s about what it equates to.  Because we monitor our electrical usage with a voltage meter. . .we knew right away, ten weeks ago, that there was a problem. . .but we were assured repeatedly that it was going to be solved. . .and that they were working on it.

 

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Here was the final resolution. . .and the final straw that broke the camel’s back. . .so to speak. . .a 10 gauge wire strung 200 feet across the ground. . .after this “fix” we determined that we could not continue to put our home, our electrical system in our rig, and our safety in jeopardy. . .without going into a lot of electrical gobbledy gook. . .let me just say. . .this is NOT up to any kind of code. . .

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So. . .here’s our home base in lovely Loveland, Colorado for the next month. . .and while it’s not the fabulous location and view we had in Estes Park, we do have great service. . .and is a great central location to enjoy the area. . .especially when Curtis and Brenda come to spend some time with us in a couple of weeks.

 

Not sure where we will head to next. . .we know it will be south. . .maybe Santa FE NM. . .we’ll see. . .

 

Leave us a comment, or send us a note. . .we miss you guys, and love to hear from you. . .

 

Hugs,

Janice & David

2 comments:

  1. Bummer, but you're still in cool weather. We are loving it down here in Angel Fire, NM. The temps are so much cooler than in Texas. The funny thing is...most of the people that you see here ARE from Texas. I call this place Summer, Texas. We've finally overcome our only problem...Internet connection and can now enjoy ourselves. We've found that living with 30 amps isn't bad...especially since we haven't had to use the AC. Life is beautiful and so is the view.

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    1. Wow. . .those temps look very, very tempting. . .we may need to check that out. . .thanks for the heads up. . .and enjoy!

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